Posted on 12/04/2017 12:32:54 PM PST by Strac6
As authorities in Tampa announced the arrest of a suspected serial killer last week, hearing-impaired people tuning into the news conference got quite a different message from an American Sign Language interpreter.
Instead of getting a rundown from Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan on the timeline of the four shootings and what led up to the arrest of 24-year-old Howell Emanuel Donaldson III, interpreter Derlyn Roberts made signs that were gibberish, according to those who watched in confusion.
"She sat up there and waved her arms like she was singing Jingle Bells," Rachell Settambrino, who is deaf and teaches American Sign Language at the University of South Florida, told the Tampa Bay Times through an interpreter.
Among the things Roberts signed, according to Settambrino, were the following: "Fifty-one hours ago, zero 12 22 (indecipherable) murder three minutes in 14 weeks ago in old (indecipherable) murder four five 55,000 plea 10 arrest murder bush (indecipherable) three age 24."
But Dugan was instead describing how his agency received around 5,000 tips before the 24-year-old's arrest.
Tampa Police Department spokeswoman Janelle McGregor told FOX13 Tampa in a statement officials are conducting an internal review because they didn't request an interpreter for the Nov. 28 news conference, and are trying to figure out "if someone requested that she attend or exactly who sent her to provide services."
The incident is the latest example of an apparently unqualified signer appearing at news conferences. In September, as Hurricane Irma approached Florida and officials announced a mandatory evacuation, an interpreter in nearby Manatee County began signing words like "pizza," ''monster" and "bear," along with other gibberish.
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ROFLMAO!!!
Same woman!
(IMHO)
I hear just fine, and often have CC on just because some key dialog is often muddled in other noises, and to subtly get the kids to read more (associating spoken with written word).
It happened a two of Obummer’s rallies in 2012.
And had one too many alcoholic drinks and was slurring her words?
It was the standard CLOSE ENOUGH FOR GOVERNMENT WORK.
That is a classic
Why do they even have these sign language people on anyway. News comes on TV,and TV has close captions.
THey are not there for the tv audience.
One of the funniest skits by anyone ever.
I’m sure there will be someone on the thread momentarily to try to make a compelling case that these “signers” were ever intelligible in the first place.
We have instantaneous voice translation now, no reason for the charade that these people are somehow conveying anything that remotely resembles what the speaker is saying to continue.
Oh yes, they are definitely FUNNY AS HELL!
I never saw that before-——VERY funny.
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“The Court Jester” with Danny Kaye is one of my favorites.
Do we even need a sign language interpreter any more? Most people watch these things on TV and can just turn their captions on. I bet the 7 deaf people watching haven’t got a clue what these idiots are trying to say.
If you hadn’t posted that I would have. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw the headline!
Affirmative action hire, that would be the strong suspicion.
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